Disasters in the United States frequency, costs, and compensation / Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brusentsev, Vera, author.

Vroman, Wayne, author.

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Contributor:

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compensation management--United States.

Compensation management.

Natural disasters--Law and legislation--United States.

Natural disasters.

Disaster relief--Law and legislation--United States.

Disaster relief.

Disasters--United States--Costs.

Disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

W.E. Upjohn Institute 2016

Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on three disaster-related categories: major disaster declarations, emergency declarations, and fire management assistance declarations. The authors utilize these official definitions to draw inferences about the frequency, geographic patterns, trends, and financial costs related to disasters.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Setting the scene: a guide to this volume

Reporting, frequency, and correlates of disasters

Providing compensation to survivors of disasters

Hurricanes

Floods and their consequences

Tornadoes

Drought and other risks to agriculture

Wildfires

Geological and man-made disasters

Disasters and compensation systems

Figures

References

Authors

Index

About the institute.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-88099-524-6

OCLC:

969725655